Bangladesh Navy

[bd_4_ever]

View attachment 436997 Bangladesh Navy's new dornier 228 MPA ready in Germany. So we are having a full squadron of 4 MPA.

Next Bangladesh will buy 4 C295mpa by 2 batches.

So gradually we are having 8 MPA to petrol our territory.

Is the C295 purchases confirmed? I somehow thought it was one C295 and would be an AWAC.

 

[Flynn Swagmire]

If BAF wants to buy awacs, then they should go for SAAB global eye awac system!

SAAB products are well reputed...

 

[UKBengali]

If BAF wants to buy awacs, then they should go for SAAB global eye awac system!

SAAB products are well reputed...

Probably better to take the reported Chinese offer of 1 KJ-200 AWACs, along with 16 J-10bs, 1 Y-20 and 7 K-8s for 1 billion US dollars.

 

[Flynn Swagmire]

Probably better to take the reported Chinese offer of 1 KJ-200 AWACs, along with 16 J-10bs, 1 Y-20 and 7 K-8s for 1 billion US dollars.

Chinese products are bleeding edge.

I prefer Euro products. Tested, efficient...

 

[UKBengali]

Chinese products are bleeding edge.

I prefer Euro products. Tested, efficient...

BD cannot afford European products in numbers.

 

[Banglar Bir]

Defense Update Bangladesh
Published on Nov 15, 2017

Bangladesh Naval Academy is the training institute of country’s navy. Recently government approved a project to renovate this naval training institution with scores of new infrastructures, charming landscapes and with some other facilities.
Here it is a mock up presentation of the whole project.

 

[Flynn Swagmire]

BD cannot afford European products in numbers.

Absorbing technology requires lot of time, with that time YES we can. Smart, modular, upgradable weapons are the future!

 

[Banglar Bir]

Defence Technology of Bangladesh-DTB
Naryangang Dockyard builds নারায়নগঞ্জ ডকইয়ার্ডে নির্মানাধীন for Bangladesh Coast Gaurds বাংলাদেশ কোস্টগার্ড (BCG) এর 2 X Fast Patrol Boat "সিজিএস CGS Kutubdia and কুতুবদিয়া" এবং " CGS Sonadia সিজিএস সোনাদিয়া"
এগুলো খুব শীঘ্রই কোস্টগার্ডের হাতে তুলে দেয়া হবে

 

[Banglar Bir]

Defense Update Bangladesh
Published on Nov 15, 2017
Bangladesh Navy plans to manufacture anti-ship cruise missiles in home.

Naval planners of Bangladesh considering to produce or assemble anti-ship missile domestically to meet the High Performance Frigate program of the navy.
Under “Forces Goal – 2030” modernization program Bangladesh Navy (BN) poised to operate more than a dozens of advanced multirole stealth frigates, stealth corvettes and some other missile carrying small warships.

Most of the naval ships will be built in home, meaning in Bangladesh.
Those guided missile frigates will feature a substantial amount of anti-ship cruise missiles. To save resources and create defense industry opportunities Bangladesh Navy wants to manufacture those missiles in home.

For this purpose BN is searching for a suitable option overseas with transfer-of-technology. This program currently is in preliminary planning phase.

On the other side of the modernization process Navy has already tasked Chittagong Dry Dock Ltd. to build first two multirole frigates.
First ship’s steel cutting may happen mid of 2018.
Hence local assembly of some of the armaments of those warships can be done in Bangladesh.

 

[mb444]

Obviously go for indigenous production capacity... it's a no brainier.... then follow this up with land based missile production capacity...

 

[Bilal9]

Defence Technology of Bangladesh-DTB
Naryangang Dockyard builds নারায়নগঞ্জ ডকইয়ার্ডে নির্মানাধীন for Bangladesh Coast Gaurds বাংলাদেশ কোস্টগার্ড (BCG) এর 2 X Fast Patrol Boat "সিজিএস CGS Kutubdia and কুতুবদিয়া" এবং " CGS Sonadia সিজিএস সোনাদিয়া"
এগুলো খুব শীঘ্রই কোস্টগার্ডের হাতে তুলে দেয়া হবে

Great post @Banglar Bir bhai.

Just to make clear, these are of two types of BCGS Vessel Classes almost ready for commissioning at DEWBN for anti-piracy, anti-smuggling, anti-human-trafficking and drug interdiction use....

First two of at least six Fast Patrol Boats pr FPBs (43m, 235 tons, 25+ knots, Operable Up to Sea State 4, survivable up to sea state 6, built to CCS Class, BCGS Kutubdia and Sonadia, the front two as seen above),

First two of at least six Inshore Patrol Vessels or IPVs (52m, 297 tons, 25+ knots, Operable Up to Sea State 4, Survivable up to sea state 6, CCS Class), The lead ship has been named 'BCGS Shobuj Bangla'..........these are seen in the back (larger).

Eventually there may be eight each of these FPB and IPV classes in total.

These are undergoing weapons and sensor fitment at this time which will include,

2 × Oerlikon KBA 25mm Gun
2 × 14.5mm Gun

The Shobuj Bangla class IPVs will slot below the Four Minerva class (BCGS Leader class) 1300 ton OPV vessels (BCGS Kamruzzaman etc.), and above the Kutubdia class FPB's (235 ton) shown.

Other future new-builds for BCGS will include two larger (1500~2000 ton displacement) supply/replenishment vessels stationed further offshore to increase the patrol range for the OPV's. This will help the OPV's decrease fishing and piracy crimes by intensifying the frequency and area of patrolling.

BCGS will also get some ex-navy vessels as/when they are de-commissioned. Padma Class OPVs built at Khulna (smallest combatant class in our Navy) are 350 tons by the way and larger than both of these classes.

Another fun fact to consider is whether the navy maybe should get some and equip these classes with missiles and heavy cannons up front, as done earlier in the 250 ton JURRAT class in Pakistan. For those missile boats, the size itself is considered stealth. Get in range, launch a few missiles and get away quickly (they will need waterjets to ensure speeds above 40 knots or so).

This is the JURRAT class.

 

[UKBengali]

Defense Update Bangladesh
Published on Nov 15, 2017
Bangladesh Navy plans to manufacture anti-ship cruise missiles in home.

Naval planners of Bangladesh considering to produce or assemble anti-ship missile domestically to meet the High Performance Frigate program of the navy.
Under “Forces Goal – 2030” modernization program Bangladesh Navy (BN) poised to operate more than a dozens of advanced multirole stealth frigates, stealth corvettes and some other missile carrying small warships.

Most of the naval ships will be built in home, meaning in Bangladesh.
Those guided missile frigates will feature a substantial amount of anti-ship cruise missiles. To save resources and create defense industry opportunities Bangladesh Navy wants to manufacture those missiles in home.

For this purpose BN is searching for a suitable option overseas with transfer-of-technology. This program currently is in preliminary planning phase.

On the other side of the modernization process Navy has already tasked Chittagong Dry Dock Ltd. to build first two multirole frigates.
First ship’s steel cutting may happen mid of 2018.
Hence local assembly of some of the armaments of those warships can be done in Bangladesh.

Seems senior BN officers are very much strategic forward thinkers.

 

[bd_4_ever]

Defence Technology of Bangladesh-DTB
Naryangang Dockyard builds নারায়নগঞ্জ ডকইয়ার্ডে নির্মানাধীন for Bangladesh Coast Gaurds বাংলাদেশ কোস্টগার্ড (BCG) এর 2 X Fast Patrol Boat "সিজিএস CGS Kutubdia and কুতুবদিয়া" এবং " CGS Sonadia সিজিএস সোনাদিয়া"
এগুলো খুব শীঘ্রই কোস্টগার্ডের হাতে তুলে দেয়া হবে

Sorry brother but this looks ugly af.

 

[Bilal9]

Sorry brother but this looks ugly af.

They look ugly now because they are in red oxide primer paint. Once they clean them and paint them up for commissioning (overall white), they will look nice. More important than looking nice however, is how they will add value to our Coastguard patrolling operations.

Interdiction of fishing poachers (a lot of them from Myanmar, Thailand and India) is the crying need of the hour. Confiscating and sinking of some of these poachers' boats need to be done, to send a message.

Each year fish poachers from these countries (with strong fishing fleets) are stealing our legitimate fishery resources in the hundreds of thousands of tonnes.

 

[sahureka2]

Everything has been done, the ships are jumping, home destination